Folks,
I am starting a new thread about vertically-scrollable manga.
Vertically-scrollable manga started several years ago, but it is about
to prevail. However, different players use different formats now.
I made a few prototypes:
1) A single HTML version, rendition:layout=reflowable,
rendition:flow=scrolled-doc
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvnlyf9vzo7mbx9/torinomeRev.epub?dl=0
2) Multiple HTML file, rendition:layout=pre-paginated,
rendition:flow=scrolled-continuous
https://www.dropbox.com/s/07khe3bu64cfxx2/torinomeSC.epub?dl=0
3) Multiple HTML file, rendition:layout=reflowable,
scrolled-continuous
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4qfyumqfh9fe03n/torinomeReflowSC.epub?dl=0
In my opinion, 1) is the best. It does not use any EPUB-specific
features. If you unzip this EPUB and click the HTML document, you
will get the same result.
I am wondering if 2) is actually asking for a non-conformant
behavior. Should the document be rather resized so that it fits in
the screen?
My memo for promoting 1) is available at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mab1YECyJegt5oZF8PmJl2RxZqcgPui4gnPksJ4yoA/edit#heading=h.krwuslpy0ros
and
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lPDFOpxet3Plt82ginR5D4LEiJ2FPjr07pRDb_wyjH4/edit#heading=h.50udxypynuwj
I did this experiment more than one year ago. I believe that a
consensus in the industry is strongly needed right now.
How do people feel? Perhaps, this is a nice topic for the upcoming
workshop in Tokyo in September.
Regards,
Makoto